I ordered the book on the 15th. Today I received a tracking number; it's shipping out of the city of Porto. I'll update the thread again when the book arrives.
:) Linda On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 11:15:54 AM UTC-8, linda wrote: > > > In the last week there have been a few posts referring to *Abreviaturas > Paleografia* by Borges Nunes. I know quite a few, including myself, have > a pdf of it and find it to be a valuable resource. Unfortunately, > obtaining a physical copy of the booklet has been a bit difficult. When I > made a concerted effort to find one a couple of years ago-- both online and > through large independent or academic bookshops here-- I couldn't readily > do it. Happily, about a week ago while researching something else, I found > this source: > > > http://www.bulhosa.pt/livro/abreviaturas-paleograficas-portuguesas-borges-nunes/ > > Bulhosa is a well known Lisbon bookshop and they take PayPal, so I placed > an order for it. With shipping, the booklet cost a total of about > $16.00-17.00. A few days after placing the order, I received notice that > one of the other books I ordered wasn't available, that amount was promptly > refunded to my PayPal account. They also informed me that Paleografias was > in the process of being shipped, so that looks very promising. Now, it > just needs to make its way safely through the Portuguese and US postal > systems! I'll update the group when I receive it. They're sending it > "International Economy" rate, so it's anyone's guess how long it will take > to arrive. :) > > I thought I'd post in case others are also interested in buying the actual > booklet. The only difficulty might be navigating the website and reading > the correspondence, as it is entirely in Portuguese. But, it's all > relatively straightforward and the interface with PayPal is easy (and in > English). Here's the notice that my book is in process of being shipped: > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
